MIRA. A voice said in his head when his gaze fell on a woman in a fluffy white gown. Then his eyes moved to the woman next to her,EVELYNThen, to the next, who had a neighbour, JADA, TENDZELA woman who had a muffler around her neck, with a shade of worry,LAURETTEThen to the one who looked to be a little mature than the rest. ALLISONHis eyes lingered for a while on a melanin skinned woman amongst the rest of the group. She was the only one with a different colour skin. Of course, he knew her even without the voice in his head,AYISHAHis eyes fell on a petite woman grabbing the arm of another,LISA. Staring at each of the girls brought back a lot of memories. Memories which to him happened days ago. But in reality, it was decades ago. WHERE IS CLAIRE? DID SHE REALLY DUMP THE GROUP?He wondered. There were supposed to be ten of them. Elisa was not part of the nine girls. But it seemed as though Elisa had replaced Claire. After all, Elisa was naturally Claire's aunt. A FAIR BA
Elisa led the way, and the rest of the women followed her into the motel room. Damien was almost pushed out of the way. But before that could happen, he had stepped out of the way for them. He looked from one lady to the other. Each lady had a bag. If it wasn't hanging down their shoulders, it was a fancy small one in the left hand. "Don't tell me this is where you live."Lisa started all of a sudden, looking around the room. It was shabby and hardly presentable. So, Damien understood the contempt in their faces. He did know the girls. They were easily smitten by flashy things. He wasn't surprised. He had known them almost all his life. "The mighty and strong Damien is living in this lowly and filthy place. What an irony."He heard Allison say. He looked away from her to the next person who was about to gloat,"What has life done to you, though? Did you lose your mind alongside every other thing?"Damien wasn't really sure of what meaning to make of what Tendzel had just said. Not
Damien walked briskly through the hallway to the small lobby and out of the motel. He halted outside the motel. There were nine sport cars parked across the road. And he could see each of the ladies walking to each of the cars. He scanned through for a while. Then, as soon as his eyes fell on a particular lady, he resumed walking. Briskly. There were already several people hanging around and taking videos of the cars and the ladies. "Oh my God! I can't believe my eyes.""Are those not the elegant queens of Vegas?""I have never seen them from up this close. It feels like a dream.""What could they be doing in a lowly neighbourhood such as this? Did the owner of the motel offend them?"Damien walked past two teenage girls who were commenting on the activity. He walked to a lady who was about to enter into her car. He grabbed her by the arm and spun her around. "Who is that man?"One of the teenage girls asked. "Damien..."Jada gasped when she saw Damien. He was staring deep into
It's been three days, and Damien was all alone in the brothel room. The door of the room opened suddenly to the old man. "You are back."Damien raised her head. The man walked towards the bed. Damien's eyes squinted when the man got to him,"You are sober today. What a good thing. I'm glad you listened to me. It's good for your health."The man stood at his front as he spoke. Then suddenly, the man walked away towards the wardrobe. He opened an angle where there were only a few clothes.With one hand, he collected the clothes and walked to Damien. He threw the clothes in Damien's face. Damien jumped on his feet at once. He was stunned."You have done me more harm than good ever since you came."The old man started. Then, he walked towards the window. There was a cigarette in his hand. He lit the cigarette and puffed a loop of smoke. "It will do the both of us good if you leave at once. Those are your clothes."The man turned to him fully. "I have no idea why a fully grown man like
When Damien's eyes opened, they were greeted by led lights. He shut the eyes and then slowly opened them again. There was a led light fixed into the ceiling. "Ow."He felt some pain in his stomach when he tried to turn to the side. "Young Master, you are awake."A voice came from his side, then hurrying footsteps. Before he could arc his head, a middle-aged man dressed in a long black coat was standing next to the bed he was lying on. "How do you feel, Young Master? Where does it hurt?"Looking up at the face of the man, Damien noticed that the man was genuinely concerned and worried about him. He had never had someone genuinely worry about him like this. All his life, he had only been linked to the worst people. WHO IS HE?He tried to ask the voice in his head. Naturally, the voice in his head would have given him an answer. But not on this occasion. An activity coming from his side knocked him out of his thoughts. The man had suddenly dropped on his knees, his face towards th
The door opened again, and the man walked in. "If you will, Young Master."Damien stood up and walked to the door. The man stepped out of the way for me, bowing. Walking into the hall, Damien could hardly catch his breath. The texture of the walls was breathtaking. He could swear that he had never seen anything as such. The man quickly led the way, and Damien followed. He led Damien to a pool. There were strands of tiny steams fading off the surface of the pool.A WARM POOL?He wasn't sure if he had seen something like that before. He needed a good bath. He hadn't really had a good one ever since he arrived back at Vegas, and it had already been almost a week. "If you would excuse me, Young Master."The man bowed again as soon as they got to the pool. "When you are done. I'll be waiting for you."Damien looked around him for a while. There was a fluffy garden surrounding the pool. The area was super large. He couldn't even start to imagine how many acres of land embodied the whol
"You should at least take a Rolls Royce."Leroy ran to catch up with him. Damien stopped for a while. Leroy led the way,"Please come with me, Young Master."Damien sighed. He followed him. Leroy led the way through a hallway and stepped into the elevator. Damien followed. Punching in the button of the floor, the elevator descended. For a few seconds, Damien was a little confused. "Where are we going?"He asked, but Leroy smiled instead of answer. After a while, the elevator came to a stop. The door dinged open, and Leroy waved,"After you, Your Master."Damien hesitated, took a quick glance at him. Then he walked out of the elevator. He gasped when he turned to his side. There were fleet of cars. His jaws dropped. He couldn't even count the number of cars. "It's an underground garage. You can go ahead and make a choice. If there is anyone you don't like, we'll send it to the company and have it demolished right away."Damien said no words. He walked slowly towards one of the cars
Twenty minutes earlier. Damien had been searching for a perfect store to buy the gadgets he needed. If he wanted to get an IOS product and an android product, he doubted if he would find them in the same store. So, to save himself the stress of going to several places, he had gone through the stress of searching for a perfect store.He halted at the front of a store. "Multi Store."He muttered, looking at the inscription at the top of the door post. "This must be it."He walked into the store. He walked straight to some of the people wearing a uniformed t-shirt, which had the name of the store on it. "Welcome."There was a lady smiling at him. "Hey. I need an iMac laptop and Samasung Galaxy S38.""Okay, sir. Please come with me."As soon as the lady offered to attend to him, Damien followed her. But when he turned, he saw a man staring weirdly at him. The man had contempt in his face. And the man was wearing the same t-shirt the lady was wearing. WHAT A WEIRDO. Damien didn't th